This photo shows the nose of B-24D, #41-24143, the "Dippy Dave," as it was painted for warfare based in Yankai, China, with the 373rd Squadron of the 308th Bombardment Group of the 14th Air Force in May 1943.
The inscription is that of Hank Hull, the co-pilot in May-July 1943 written on the photo sent home to his family.